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Yesterday I run the Tunnel Marathon and it wasn't pretty.

It was a bad and hot race 🥵

I tried a new training plan for this race and it backfired.

My PR from October ‘24 is 8:31 /mi and the new plan had me running the race at 7:40 /mi. I was dubious of such a big improvement so I set my target at sub 8:00 /mi.

- First 10 miles @ 7:46 /mi or 4:50 /km

- Second 10 miles @ 8:06 /mi or 5:02 /km

- Overall first 22 miles @ 8:02 /mi or 4:59 /km

- Final 4 miles the wheels came off and I ended up with a worse time than October 2024 😖

I was planning to transition to half marathons but now I need to run a new marathon. Can't end like this.

On the plus side, I got a new PR in the half marathon at 1:40:35.

Races are always humbling.

#running #marathon

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paul keating 7mo ago

Still ridiculously impressive

Alejandro 7mo ago

Thank you. Races truly humble you. You see so many people finishing ahead of you, many of them much older than you. It grounds me and also gives me motivation.

Spaniard 7mo ago

You trained your butt off, no doubt the results will come

Alejandro 7mo ago

Thanks! I'll go back to my previous training approach and target again a sub 8:00 /mi pace

47 7mo ago

insanely impressive none the less.

reload and go again 🫡

Alejandro 7mo ago

Thanks!